Marine's Fleet

 "My name is Carina. I'm also from East Blue..."

She stared at Ren, who was similar in age to her but was already so powerful.

Hearing that the other party had quit the Straw Hat Crew, Carina was a little surprised and said with a smile: "Thank you so much just now; otherwise, I might have been caught up by those guys... Stop standing, please sit down!"

"By the way, speaking of which, Nami, the navigator of the Straw Hat Pirates, and I are old acquaintances!"

She was full of curiosity about the person who suddenly said he had quit the Straw Hat Pirates.

"Really? Are you still Nami's friend?"

Ren sat down; he was not surprised to hear Carina say this.

He is naturally aware of the intersection between Carina and Nami.

"Of course, I was once her savior, but I haven't seen her for a long time!"

With a playful wink, Carina said with a smile.

She is a companion with Nami, the Cat Burglar. Both of them have been wandering the sea since they were very young.

They survive by stealing the treasures of nobles, wealthy merchants, and pirates. Moreover, they have cooperated more than once.

A few years ago, there was a treasure hunter who had his eye on their treasure.

As a result, Nami was caught directly by the other party. Later, she was threatened by the treasure hunter and asked to hand over the treasure in order to save Nami's life.

However, she took the treasure, abandoned Nami, and ran away alone.

"Maybe Nami still hates me now?" Carina thought to herself.

But in fact, she didn't really abandon Nami and run away.

She knew very well the treasure hunter's ferocious character. If she had really handed over the treasure obediently, neither of them would have survived.

To keep Nami and herself alive.

She decisively took the treasures and ran away, making herself a bait for the treasure hunters.

But at the same time, she didn't really leave Nami alone; she hid nearby and watched the situation secretly.

If the treasure hunter doesn't let Nami go, she will find a way to save her.

Of course, there are considerable risks in doing so.

But in desperation, that was the only way.

Otherwise, both of them will be killed by treasure hunters.

"Crash..."

Time keeps passing.

The small sailing boat moved forward slowly.

Carina, who is flexible and intelligent, is surprisingly enthusiastic.

Having honed her communication skills over the years by hanging out on the ocean, she started chatting with Ren easily.

Soon, the two gradually became familiar with each other.

"Tsk, tsk, you guys have really experienced a lot of wonderful adventures..."

Listening to Ren introduces the adventures of the Straw Hat Pirates these days.

Carina's eyes were filled with amazement.

"I didn't expect that there are actually islands 10,000 meters high in the sky. It's incredible..."

She felt a little emotional and couldn't help but feel excited about the Sky Island and City of Gold mentioned by Ren: "Does the legendary City of Gold really exist? I thought it was just a rumor!"

She is known as the Phantom Thief.

Her thirst for treasure is no less intense than Nami's.

The Golden Belfry Bell in Ren's mouth especially made her eyes shine.

She wishes she could run to Sky Island immediately and steal it.

"If you really want to steal that Golden Belfry Bell, I advise you to give up... That thing has become their belief. If you steal it, those guys from the Shandorians will go crazy."

Looking at Carina's face, she had a crazy expression on her face.

Ren shrugged nonchalantly, knowing that this girl had an occupational disease.

"Ahem, how could that happen?"

Carina held her little hands tightly, then she looked at Ren with admiration while praising him half-seriously: "But you are really awesome, Ren!"

"You can easily defeat a powerful opponent like Enel!"

"That's nothing..."

Ren waved his hand.

Although, he is not like Luffy, who has a rubber body that insulates him from lightning.

But he has mastered Armament Haki.

Moreover, he is a member of the Lunarian Race. With his buggy racial talent, he is born with unimaginable defensive power.

He is not afraid of Enel's attack at all.

Those high-voltage electrics that can easily reach millions or even hundreds of millions of volts are basically ineffective against him and do not pose much of a threat.

Coupled with Enel's arrogant character, he only knows how to rely on his devil fruit abilities, and his physical skills are terrible.

It's not difficult to kill him.

"That's not something everyone can do..."

Carina asked curiously: "But, what are your plans next?"

"Are you really not planning to return to the Straw Hat Pirates?"

"Boom..."

He doesn't even have the time to send an invitation to Carina when a dark cannonball suddenly blasts over from the distance.

The sea surface more than ten meters away exploded.

The sea surface became turbulent, and the small sailboat was rocking a little.

"Um?"

Ren frowned and looked over.

His eyes couldn't help but narrow a little due to surprise.

"Hmm... Marines?"

He took out a monocular telescope from his pocket and looked at the distance.

Carina was startled when she saw another attack coming towards their location.

Then, when she saw who attacked them, she felt panicked and cried out.

Because on the distant sea.

A large battleship with several medium-sized battleships appeared there at some unknown time.

They were forming a V-shaped formation and heading in the direction where they were with a menacing momentum.

Even faintly visible.

Some artillerymen are constantly adjusting the angle of the cannon.

The black muzzles of the cannons had begun to align towards the two of them.

The cannonball just now was a test firing.

"It's really troublesome!"

Looking at the Marine fleet approaching slowly.

Ren shrugged, with a relaxed expression, and said to Carina, who was a little nervous: "However, it seems that they didn't come because of me in the first place. They probably wanted to chase down the Tiger Shark Pirates that I had annihilated!"

"They just discovered me, so they launched a bombardment!"

"What should we do?"

Carina was a little flustered.

She looked longingly at Ren in front of him.

Although she is well-known as Phantom Thief, the Marines did not issue a Bounty to her.

If she is found with such a cruel pirate such as Ren, the Butcher from the Straw Hat Pirates.

The Marines will most likely regard her as the other party's ally.

By then, she might be wanted directly.

She doesn't even have to dream about having a peaceful life anymore.

"Otherwise, you pretend to be holding me hostage..."

Carina's eyes shone as she thought of a good idea.

Then, in Ren's speechless eyes.

She actually took off her felt hat, messed up her purple hair, and tore her jacket.

A vast landscape of white appears in front of him.

It's really hard for him to take his eyes away.

"When Marine comes here, just leave me alone here!"